Endless elevator.



A. L. HOOVER.

ENDLESS ELEVATOR. APPLIOA'I'ION FILED MAY 28, 1908.

907,364. Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

2 B l BETH-SHEET 1.

A. L. HOOVER.

ENDLESS ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1908.

907,364. Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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ENDLESS ELEVATOR.

a iicstionmea-my 2s;-19os. Serial in; 435,576.

' To all whom concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR Lewis a HOOVER, a citizen :of the United States, re-

siding: at Avery, in the county of- Erie and I ful Endless 'Elevator, of "which the following is a specification. I

'- raters especially adapted. to be .used u on State ofOhio, have invented a'new'and use- Th'ls'i' vention has relation to' endless elepea nut and potato harvesters and the Tkeand itconsists in-"the novel construction and Yarrangemen'tof its parts ashereinafter shown and described.

' The object of the-inrention is to provide a simple and durable elevator which consists of-a series ofbars of similar transverse dimension and configuration connected togetherat their end portions only and :havingarallelv intermediate portions spaced apart. he in- The arran ementbei'ng sible, for the roots Winch are being elevated sition of '*the intermediate portions of the a said rods also facilitates the separationiof the I a soil from the :roots so {that :when'ithey rare;

finally deliverediromthe end of-the elevator. they are free of allsuchiupdesirablematerialg :In combination with the resent form-of-ele-' vator=there is also ,emp oyeda supporting? wheel ofes'pecial arrangement and especially adapted'tlo cooperate with the'eleyator ofthe. U p

' 'tremities 7111a swing aboutthe ends oithe rtionsgfitsot at the-leleif atorfhassuifieient,

to roll down the elevator as-they are'being" inclined as isthe casein rod-1.' hehooked extremities 7 ofthe rod are: adapted to enter theinotches 8 provided-at the-mner side of a the ihookedportions; 6 ofithe n'ext, adjacent lifted from the ground. 'The peculiar dispoform mentioned.

'xFigure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalview of; the lower portion-of the-,elevatori -Fi'gS-2is arj lan-viewof; the same. ,Fig. i3 is; a detail cm I arged" sectional-'vie'w-of severalinterhooked rods. Fig. 4 is a sideselcvation of one of the rods: having anintermediate portion occupy- ,ing a relatively low plane is a top" Fig ;ifiyis 'anfendflele vation', of L the :saI'neQ Fi'gE: 7 is a side elewation of onejof the rods having an intermedigte plan view ofthe'same.

ig. 8 is a top'planview ofzthesame, a is an end elevation of the samax,

' The said rods arepr'eferably circlflar intransverse configuration but: may :be'of any-other f-extremities 7; termed'iate ortionsi-of-some of the bars oe cup'y oneip ane while the intermediate porfi 1 tions of other bars occupy diilerent planes such that it is impos- %ortionvo ccupying a relatively vhigh a T The elevator-ismade up of the rods 1 5.5623

a tate specification ofL'etters Patent Patented 1:95.122, 1908;

.verse arrangement at thelr ntermedlate por tions as willbe hereinafter ex'pla'ned.

hachrod 1 is-provided at its intermediateportion with the section 3 which merges at its ends into theu'pward-ly int led S n 4. The sections 4 merge into thesections 5 whichlie parallelwiththeintermediate sece tio'n 3. The outer portionsof-the section's 5 are curved as atI6-an1d-lie in. a

The curved'portionsfi merge into tlfehooked extrei'm'ties'v 7 whiehare. isposed in planes lane at an a angle to the longitudinal axis of t e section 45' verticalttothat' occupied bythe curved portions 6, The-hooked extremities 7 are 10-,

cat'ed nearer the middleof thelbar =1 thanthe; outeredges of the cutvedportiqnsfi animasequently the notches L 8 are. formed in the curved portions '6 at the bases-oi the hooked The several sections and portions the rod. 2'ja-re essentially the same as those deexcep'tion that the portions; 4 areldowne wardlyinclined, Witlirelation 3 to -the= interscribed in Connection with' rod 1 with the mediate'portion '2 insteadiof bein xllp'wardly the sai. rods; together.

portions 7 are disposed angles tothe liooked- 6f the said ex?"- exibilit'y to permit a: "itsiqreadily passing PP ing Wheelsr,

1 Inthearrang'ement of the Bars in produce. fling an assembledelevatonthe said 'bars' '1 and -2 ma b'qtalternately arranged orstwo bars 1 that throughout the l lengtht of the elevator may a eloca'ted adjaeent each o'therwithjone 3 bar 2 interposed between two sets-of thebars" ;1 -'er--*fthe arrangement ma be the reverse. 1 witrifrespe'ot' to'the bar Z 't usit will beseen that thereare .barshavi'ng intermediate per-' t'ionsoeeupyingedifierenteplanes and thi rangementfpresents 'sufiielent obstruction ton the rootspassing up- I along the elevator '--;to ;i

{prevent-themEfrornrolling down in to the =force *of' gravity. Fui'thermore the" I specific i arrangement 0f the intermediate portions of the barsf Island {2 is such'jas to land effectually them from the soil so that the soil is sifted down through the elevator and the roots are carried up along the same.

The portions of the rods 1 and 2 occupy the same plane and are adapted to pass around supporting wheels located at the opposite ends ofthe frame in which the elevator ismounted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as. new and'desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

An elevator composed of rods each having alined end portions with an intermediate lntera'lly bowed portion, said end portions merging into hooked portions which lie in the same plane as the end portions,

said hooked portions merging into hooked extremities which occupy planes approximately at right angles to the plane occupied by the hooked portions, the hooked eXtremL ties of one rod having linked engagement with the endportions of the adjacent rods and lying within the hooked end portions thereof.

i In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WM. WoLvERToN, FRED A. ROBERTS 

